What is CVE-2023-28758?

CVE-2023-28758 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2023-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2023-28758?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2023-28758

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.3.0.2. BPCD allows an unprivileged user to specify a log file path when executing a NetBackup command. This can be used to overwrite existing NetBackup log files.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.002 (5.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Veritas Netbackup
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28758?: CVE-2023-28758 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2023-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2023-28758?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.